【正文】 cl ock! 39。Do you always get up so l ate ? I t39。t under stand them ! Do t hey speak Engl ish ? l esson26 The best art crit ics 最佳美術評論家 I am an ar t st udent and I paint a l ot of pi ct ures. Many people pr etend that 1 年產 **套 GPS汽車智能導航系統(tǒng)建設工程 項 目 建 議 書 ****公司 二 OO 九 年 月m e, 39。l l soon learn Engl ish!39。 I sai d. Then he spoke sl owly, but I could not under stand him. My teacher never spoke Engl ish l ike t hat ! The por ter and I looked at each other and smi led. Then he said somet hi ng and I under st ood it . 39。 I r epeated my questi on several t imes and at last he understood. He answer ed me, but he spoke nei t her slowl y nor cl ear ly. 39。t here i s st il l some honesty i n thi s worl d ! 39。Wel l, 39。s r oom39。5o. 39。s l osi ng money these days,39。 The manager was sym pat het ic, but he could do not hi ng. 39。and i t39。 I left t he money in m y room, 39。s of fi ce and sat down. I had j ust lost amp。t r eal ize one im por tant thing. I39。s a was te of t ime. 39。 my f ri ends say.39。 I sai d sadly. Leson20 One man in a boat 獨坐孤舟 Fishing i s my favour it e spor t. I oft en f i sh f or hours wi t hout cat chi ng anyt hing. But t his does not wor ry me. Som e fi sher men are unlucky. I nstead of catching fi sh, they catch old boot s and rubbish. I am even l es l ucky. I never cat ch anyt hingnot even ol d boot s. Af t er having spent whole morni ngs on t he ri ver , I always go home wi th an empt y bag. 39。s per for mance. 39。t he gir l sai d, 39。 I asked. 39。 the gi rl sai d. 39。 he asked. 39。 Susan excl aimed. Just then, a man hurr ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。 the gir l sai d. 39。m sor ry, we39。 I asked. 39。I hur r ied t o the t icket of fi ce. 39。I t may have begun alr eady,39。The pl ay may begi n at any moment,39。 My dog had t aken i t i nto t he garden. He of t en does thi s. 39。m ver y sorr y,39。 The i nn keeper smil ed and imm edi at ely went out. In a few mi nut es he r etur ned wi t h my bag and gave it back t o me. 39。t pay t he bi l . I haven39。 I answer ed, 39。 he asked. 39。t t her e ! As I was l ooki ng for i t, the i nnkeeper cam e in. 39。My dear , it must be ter ri bl e to be grown up! 39。 Sir , we wele you t o our ci ty. This i s a No Parki ng ar ea. You wi l enjoy your st ay her e i f you pay at tention to our str et signs. Thi s not e is onl y a rem inder .39。 he Said. Then he smi led and t ol d me I woul d r eceive an extr a amp。Don39。Mr. Harm swor th, 39。Do you speak Engl ish?39。clock so we shal have pl enty of ti me. We shal se hi s boat and t hen we shal say good bye to hi m. He wi l be away f or t wo m ont hs. We are very proud of him. He wil l take par t in an i mport ant r ace acr oss t he Atl ant ic. Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys 綠林少年 The Gr eenwood Boys ar e a group of popul ar si nger s. At pr esent , they are vi si ti ng al part s of t he count ry. They wil l be ar r iving here tomor row. They wi l be ing by t rai n and most of t he young peopl e in the t own wi l be meeti ng them at t he st at ion. Tomorr ow evening t hey wi l be singi ng at t he Wor ker s39。s o now you can pay for my di nner !39。I have never borr owed any money fr om you,39。s of f ice year s ago, but he is now wor king at a bank. He get s a good salar y, but he always borr ows money fr om hi s fr iends and never pays i t back. Har y saw me and came and sat at the same t abl e. He has never bor rowed money f rom me. Whil e he was eating, I asked him t o lend me amp。 I l ooked at my wat ch. I t wa s t rue. The big cl ock r efused to wel e the New Year. At t hat moment ever ybody began to l augh and sing. Leson 10 Not f or jazz 不 適于演奏爵士樂 We have an ol d musical instr um ent . It i s cal led a clavichord( 翼琴 ) . I t was made in Germany i n 1681. Our clavichord is kept i n t he livi ng r oom. I t has belong t o our fami ly f or a long t ime. The i nst r ument was bought by my gr andf at her m any years ago. Recentl y it was damaged by a visit or. She tr ied t o play j az on it ! She st ruck the keys too har d and two of t he st ri ngs were br oken. My f ather was shocked. Now we are not al owed to t ouch it . I t is being r epai red by a fr iend of my f ather39。I t 39。s gar den is mor e i nt er est ing. He has made neat paths and has bui lt a wooden bri dge over a pool . I li ke gar dens t oo, but I do not l ike hard work. Every year I ent er f or the garden peti ion t oo, and I always wi n a l it tl e pri ze for the wor st gar den i n t he town! Leson 9 A col d wel e 冷遇 On Wednesday evening, we went to t he Town Hal l. It was t he last day of t he year and a lar ge cr owd of peopl e had gat her ed under t he Town Hal clock. It would st ri ke twel ve in t went y mi nutes39。s garden i s larger than Joe39。The Nicest Gar den Competi tion39。Then he lent me a book. I read a f ew li nes, but I di d not understand a wor d. Ever y day I thought about postcards. My holi days passed quickly, but I di d not send any car ds to my f ri ends. On t he last day I made a bi g deci si on. I got up ear ly and bought t hir ty seven car ds. I spent the whol e day in m y r oom , but I did not wr it e a single card !Lesson 4 An excit ing t rip 激動人心的旅行 I have j ust r ecei ved a l et er f rom my br other, Ti m. He i s in Aust rali a. He has been there for six mont hs. Ti m i s an engi neer . He is wor king f or a big f ir m and he has alr eady vi si ted a gr eat number of di f erent pl aces i n Austr al ia. He has just bought an Aust ral ian car and has gone to Al ice Spr ings, a smal l t own i n the centr e of Aust ral ia. He wi l soon vi si t Darwi n. From there, he wil l fl y t o Per th. My brother has never been abr oad bef ore, so he is f inding t his t ri p ver y excit 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞 Mr Jam es Scott has a garage in Si lbur y and now he has just bought another gar age in Pi nhur st. Pinhurst is only fi ve mil es fr om Si lbury, but Mr Scott ca